Spanish IV 10-29-08

Español IV
29 de octubre de 2008

• Warm-up: Practice vocabulary quiz – words and verbs from page 10.

• More vocabulary practice – “Circumlocution → talking around the word. We played the game, “Estoy pensando en una palabra” where partners shared a sheet of paper with vocabulary words written in a random fashion in many directions on the sheet. Each partner tried to circle the word I was describing in Spanish before the other partner. This is also a model for the students’ homework tonight where they will write their own “circumlocution” descriptions in Spanish for 10 of the words.

• “To become” expression study: Is it = Hacerse, ponerse, volverse, llegar a ser, or convertirse a”??? See handout for examples on the front side, and exercises on the back.

• Began our review of the folk tale, Juan Bobo, looking at the uses of the preterite and imperfect within the context of the story.

• I announced the 1A exam for next Tuesday –November 4th.

• Tarea:
1. 10 definitions in Spanish for the words on today’s game sheet.
2. WB 29 & 30, Activities 5 & 6 = El imperfecto.
3. Exercises over “To become” = handout from today.
4. If you haven’t yet completed the questions for Juan Bobo, part II, please do so.